Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. I ran clamav, and it informed me that three files were broken > executables, these three being: > > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/vmlinux 3.27MB -rwxr-xr-x > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/.tmp_vmlinux1 3.13MB -rwxr-xr-x > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/.tmp_vmlinux2 3.27MB -rwxr-xr-x > It'd make sense for these to be considered broken executables because the kernel code is executed in unusual ways. > All three are root files. I am using Debian Etch, with clamav from > Debian volatile repository (0.94.2). Hopefully soon I'll be upgrading > to Lenny, to bring me to version 0.95. > > Anyway, I'm not sure what to do with these results. Should I delete > these three files, or will that screw up my system? > Deleting these files should not affect your system. They are used when building your kernel, but only the files produced from the vmlinux files that are copied to /boot will affect your computer when you boot up. If you delete them and rebuild your kernel later, they will be automatically recreated. vmlinuz files are created as by the kernel's buildsystem and then incorporated into a bzImage file (for most architectures). Most users only value the resultant bzImage file.
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